So holiday season is here and you have worked hard to get fit to look good. But one thing you didn't expect along the way was that you would really enjoy how good it feels. So you have decided to stay fit on your break away.

The hardest part of any form of exercise is simply just starting it. One way to make it easier is to lock in a time of the day and stick to it. So find whether your resort has a gym or some classes, or go check out where there is a nice, safe jogging route and just do it. 

I like to work out early morning, when my motivation and energy levels are high. For yoga practices, the hour before dawn (known as ojas) is a very spiritual time when it is believed the atmosphere is charged with powerful electromagnetic vibrations. This can make for a very uplifting experience.

When the word yoga is mentioned, most people immediately think of some physical stretching and posing. This is just one aspect of yoga. Physical yoga, or hatha yoga was primarily designed to help the real practice of yoga namely, the understanding and complete mastery over the mind. The true meaning of yoga is the science of the mind. 

Today I may not have time to perform my physical practice, but I will always try to incorporate yoga in some fashion. It may be that I my stop my small son squashing the bug in the garden or picking the beautiful flower from it's stem, or I may decide to avoid a negative train of thought. This is what the great yogic avatar Patanjali described as "Ahimsa" or nonviolence to all living beings (including yourself). 

So I may not have contorted my body into an unusal shape or performed five sun salutations (which is still great fun), but yoga is still part of my busy day. This makes me feel happy.